Variety: Denzel Washington’s Casting as Ancient General Hannibal in Antoine Fuqua Netflix Film Sparks Controversy in Tunisia - Kotaku In Action 2

Variety: Denzel Washington’s Casting as Ancient General Hannibal in Antoine Fuqua Netflix Film Sparks Controversy in Tunisia (archive.ph)

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– Kienan 21 points 344 days ago +22 / -1

Dang, what's Denzel doing being a part to blackwashing? He's been pretty sane in the past.

Also...

However, Tunisian culture minister Hayet Ketat-Guermazi had a different, more pragmatic take on the matter.

“It’s fiction. It is their [Netflix‘s] right to do what they want,” she responded...

Huh.

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– Ahaus667 [S] 23 points 344 days ago +24 / -1

Leave it to the woman to be woke, fiction based on historical facts is still based on real people who had real appearances.

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– censorthisss 5 points 344 days ago +5 / -0

Fat chance. Why tf would they pay to fly all those people and all that equipment to fucking Tunisia when they can get the same result right where they are.

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– Kienan 4 points 344 days ago +4 / -0

You didn't include the the most important part.

Perhaps. But I included the funniest part.

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